Posts by Larry Ortiz5

Should I just try reinstalling the software?

You aren't really a gamer, so you probably wouldn't catch onto stuff like this...

An external hard drive? Or maybe some blank DVDs?

Pretty soon, once those containers finally arrive from China 😁

Exactly my point... Nvidia always manages to stay way more efficient than the red team 🙂 It’s almost ridiculous how much power the GTX 970 pulls—only about 145W at stock settings—especially when you consider how powerful it actually is. I mean, it easily outperforms the GTX 780, which sits there sucking up 250W...

Yeah, my bad—I'm pretty exhausted, so I'm rambling a bit 😁 but I just finished watching that video from Tech of Tomorrow, and honestly, the results are all over the place. It looks like the gtx 780 actually edges out the GTX 970 in certain titles, while the GTX 970 pulls ahead in others... but at the end of the day, it's all kind of the same mess, isn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCHa...62xA_qhCLfwI-Q

If you can, try to aim for the GTX 970 instead—it's actually a bit weaker than your current gtx 780...

Go ahead and start a new thread under the desktop computers section... just a heads up though—I'm not interested in any pre-built setups 🙂

A new hard drive isn't exactly a permanent fixture—you might as well get a solid backup ready now and start eyeing a replacement for the future..

Why don't you try downloading CrystalDiskInfo? Once you have it running, just grab a screenshot and paste it here...

Are you thinking about the gtx 970?

Try booting up in Safe Mode and using the Malwarebytes removal tool to get rid of Norton completely—then we can see how the system actually behaves.

http://www.avira.com/en/support-down...r-removal-tool

Did you get the graphics card driver installed yet?

As Smart mentioned, don't sweat it if you don't see a DisplayPort on the board—you've still got DVI, VGA, and HDMI inputs. Pretty much any monitor out there carries those, especially the DVI and VGA ones, so you'll get an image without any trouble. Since you're planning on picking up an i5 4670, you'll have that Intel Core graphics built right into the processor anyway, so you're all set...

To avoid any potential confusion or messy branding issues, Nvidia decided to skip over the 8 series entirely—since those cards were only ever released for mobile devices—and jumped straight to the 9 series instead.

If they actually pull the plug on production—meaning the gtx 780 and 780 Ti get phased out of the market entirely—at least that's what Elric is claiming over at Tech of Tomorrow. And honestly, prices here in the USA will likely drop even lower than those other cards, so 👍

+1 for Kimberly Gomez34

Gigabyte is actually the second biggest player in the motherboard market—they're only trailing ASUS by a tiny percentage... So, if you decide to go with the Z97X gaming, you really can't go wrong there. You could probably even save a little cash on the power supply side—maybe pick up an XFX TS 550W gold instead?

I wouldn't waste a single cent of my money on a system like that... Honestly, you're much better off just saving up enough to grab a solid motherboard, a decent processor, and some RAM instead..

If you’ve got a recovery partition, you can just hit that button during startup to kick off the installation process—but honestly, if the only installer available is in German, you’re kind of stuck unless you wipe the hard drive and install a different version entirely. As for the upgrade, if you don't have a valid product key handy, you won't be able to pull off an upgrade (which makes sense, right?)

My best advice? Just download a fresh version of Windows and reinstall your programs from scratch... it's usually much cleaner that way.

p.s. Now that I'm looking closer, it looks like you might be able to run a Windows upgrade using an unofficial key... since we aren't allowed to discuss piracy on this forum, just shoot me a private message if you want to chat about it. 🙂

Personally, I’d probably hold off for a bit too... crimsonstag84 mentioned that the 9xx series from Nvidia is on the way, and I'm betting they'll be much more efficient than what we're seeing now—which means you won't necessarily need to drop a ton of cash on a high-end power supply just to keep things running smoothly.